Massive machine that will dig Deep Rock tunnel begins arriving

4:11 PM,
Nov. 27, 2012

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A 20-foot-diameter diamond cutter head has arrived at the Far-Southside construction staging site for a massive project to dig an eight-mile sewer tunnel underneath Indianapolis.

Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard and Carey Lykins, Citizens Energy Group's president and CEO, heralded the project's progress today at the South Tibbs Avenue site, where a 250-foot launch shaft has been completed. The cutter head will front a 450-foot boring machine. The first pieces were delivered from Pennsylvania last week, and nearly 40 trucks were expected to bring the remaining components in ...